Heel for boots and shoes.



APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1901. 2 SHEETS-83m L N9. 895,130. PATENTED AUG. 4, 190a.

'- J. w. WALKER.

HEBL'POR BOOTS AND SHOES.

AIRLIOATIO! FILED H0V. 19, 1901.

QSHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN WILLIAM WALKER, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

/ HEEL ron BOOTS AND srrons.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 19, 1907. Serial No'. 102,778.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, J 011x \VLLLIAH TALL KER, a subject of the King of Great- Britain,

and resident of 33 Grosvenor Place, Leeds; In the county of York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1 fppertaining to Heels for Boots and Shoes, o which the following description, together with theaccompanying sheets of drawings, 13 a specification. t It relates to attachments for the heels of I boots and shoes and especially to that class of those attachments wherein indie-rubber; in conjunction with metal ieces, is employed in their construction, and consists in so constructing these attachments that the metal partsms well as the indiarubber parts are inade\to form the wearing surfaces with the advantages of preventing the user fronrslipping and of prolonging the wear of the parts, while said wearing parts are of such a character as to enable their readydetachment {or re airsand that with out the removal of any olding' screws nails or the like. i In the accom anying sheets of drawings: F i ure 1 is a sit e elevation of the heel part of a boot or shoe, illustrating the application thereto'of my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a view of my improved attachment as seen in the direction of arrow (1 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 and shows the same arts as seen in the opposite direction to that indicate-l by said arrow (1. F 4 is a. lon itudinal section' of a portion of the heel o -a boot or shoe showing the attachment of my improved parts thereto. Fig. 5 is a view of the nuts shown by F igs. l and 4, as seen in the irection indicated by the arrow 5. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and sectional views of one part of my attachmentshown in detail. *igs. 8 and 9 are sectional and side views of certain of my attachments, and show the manner in which one part is iittedto the produced by being stunned out of sheet metal upon or over which mount the indiamy said invention other. Fig. lOisa eispcctive view showing Patented u 4, 190a I rubber parts (1 which I make to envelop same as shown by Figs- 3 and 5 so as to form a cushion between them and the heel part of the boot or shoe to which they are att-ac red as hereinafter explained. The contour-of the to that of the heel {as shown'in broken lines Fig. 3 or this outline may be of the outer shapeshown by Fig. 6.

their tapering formations may be in steps or series of overhanging flanges as shown by Fig. .8. These projections g are formed to reach through the india rubber covering d so in the seem ois d indie-rubberpart d to the base pie-cs c 0. or so that their outer surfaces will be at all times flush therewith and thus form part of the heel surface for com walking, in this manner fortifying or protecting the said iudimrubber part d from excessive wear as Fill as-forming a more rigid resistance'against slipping. To further secure the rubber part (I to the base piece a pass through same to be joined together above and below said piece 0.

As means for attaching the base and its covering of rubber to the bee of a 1 bootor shoe I make use of a fixing piece It I (formed of sheet metal so that-it will be somewhat resilient for the purpose hereinafter explained) which I secure to the heel f by screws or nails Z: and which has its outer flange shape as shown by Fig. S, or these may be of the flange shape shown by Figs. 5, 10 and 1 1 in order that t 1e body parth may n formed in the piece c while the flanges m overhang the piece c at the sides adjoining and at the ends or the said groove n.

On sliding or forcing the piece c into nosi- Projecting from the base piece a are the that by tapering forms they may assist,

edges m of a somewhat dovetail or extending outer edge of the base piece 0 may be similar by being riveted therein, and in this case tact with the ground over which the user is openings 20 shown in broken lines Fig. 3, are made in said piece 6 to enable the rubber to iece c.

take within a correspondingly shaped groove tion over the piece an opening being left between the rubber part d and said piece for the reception of the flanges 1n) its extending ends 12 come into contact with the slightly turned up edges g of the fixing piece It as the piece 0 is made to aoproach the inner edge 1' of the heel f. By t e advancing movement of the piece 0 its extremities p pass beneath the edges of the piece h and cause same to rise until t e base-piece c has reached suiticiently under them to be in its proper position on the heel f, on which the edges Q Of the piece It will spring back by their own resilience for the openings 8 made through them to take over projections t on the base-piece c which will thus be secured in position. To ,remove the attachment or base piece a, the insertion of an appropriately shaped instrument (such as the flattened end of a'small screw driver, a coin or other flattened article) between the piece h and the piece 0 at the arts marked u, 21, Fig. 5 will fprce the former rom securing the latter and therefore its removal may be readily carried out.

Although I have hereinbefore described my improved parts 0 and h as ap licable for use in conjunction with india-ru ber coverings, it is obvious that by having leather pieces riveted in position on the pieces 0 these'may be used instead of indie-rubber, since by making tapering holes in these leather pieces they will be retained by my tapering projections 9 until both are worn out, thus carrying out one of the essential features of my invention without using india rubber-.

Suchbeing the nature and object of my said invention what I claim is:-

1. An attachment for heels of boots and shoes consisting of a resilient plate having a fired connection with a heel, said plate con1- head and provided with side flanges, said head and said projecting portion bein in different planes to rovide a shoulder at their junction, a base p ate carrying locking projections and having formed therein a central groove the edges of whichare adapted to he slid along the side flanges of the projecting portion of the fixed plate and over the said shoulder to cause the locking project-ions to interlock with the locking openings in the head of the said fixed plate.

2. An attachment for'th e heels of boots and shoes consisting of a plate havin a fixed connection with the heel, said )late provided with side i anges and the head with end openings, and a base plate provided with a tread surface of rubber or the like and fixed plate and being providedwith tions which interlock with the said en open ings of the fixed plate to cause said plates to edges of which engage with said flan es of thefixed plate when, the base plate is slid thereon, and end projections carried by said base plate and adapted to interlock with the messes.

JOHN WILLIAM WALKER Witnesses:

CHARLES E. TAYLOR,

JOHN Wmransm.

eing provided with a'central groove the I end openings in the fixed plate to norniall eing of substantially T-sha e, the bor y of which is I adapted to be slid over the flanges of said rojecbe normally retained-ina relatively fixed 

